by Prof. Laura Penman, Associate Professor, Monroe Community College, and Teaching the South Caucasus Workshop participant Key words: Water; water distribution; biodiversity; endemic species; conservation; Caucasus climate zones; hydraulic cycle; Lake Sevan, Armenia. Module description: In this module, students will…
by Professor Ariel Otruba, Adjunct Professor, Moravian University and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee. Keywords: Forced or involuntary migration; internally displaced people (IDPs); slow violence; displacement; Georgia. Module Description: This module provides an overview of involuntary migration at multiple scales:…
Edited from: “(Un)Welcome Guests: Caucasus Traders in Late Soviet Leningrad and Moscow”by Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: propiska, global cities, Soviet, Azerbaijan, Brezhnev, Putin, migration, Zamandash, Mestnye, Chechens, propiska Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF |…
Edited from: “‘Franks’: Armenian Catholics in Armenia and Georgia in the 20th Century. Preliminary Results of Historical and Oral History Studies”by Jakub Osiecki, Pontifical University of John Paul II. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Armenian Franks, Catholics, Ottoman vilayet, Tsarists…
Edited from: “Contesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on Georgianization of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi”by Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: diaspora, Armenia, Tbilisi, Vardaton, Sayat Nova,Vernatun, Hayartun, churches question Text…
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Nansen Scheme, International Labour Organization (ILO), resettlement, Lord Mayor Fund (LMF) Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF |…
Edited from: “Fereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality”by Claire Kaiser,University of Pennsylvania. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Fereydan, repatriation, Soviet-Iran relations, K’axet’i Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
Edited from: “Offences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan”by Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Kurds, history, Soviet government, Turkey, Azerbaijan | Video |
Edited from: “Baku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan”by Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Baku, Soviet era, proletariat, Bakintsi, Jews, Armenians, ethnic minorities, migration Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | References
Edited from: “(Un)Welcome Guests: Caucasus Traders in Late Soviet Leningrad and Moscow”by Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: ethnoscape, ethnic, Azerbaijan, friendship of the peoples, Moscow, bounded solidarity Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Friends of Armenia , Near East Relief (NER), Lord Mayor’s Fund for Armenian Refugees (LMF), American Relief Administration…
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Near East Relief (NER), Friends of Armenia, the Friends (Quakers) Armenian Relief Mission, Baqubah refugees Text | PowerPoint…